Collapsible framed display



' Oct. l, 1946. E. M.'RoAcH l COLLAPSIBLE FRAMED DISPLAY Filed May 1o, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Willlilllh oct. 1,` 1946. E. M. ROACH 2,408,532

c'oLLAPsIBLE FRAMED DISPLAY been formed by adhesively'uniting` distinguished Patented Oct. 1, 1946 A; L UNITEDV .PATE-NT OFFICE i l coLLAPsmLE FRAMED DisPLAY lEarl M. Roach, Chicago,

Corporation, Chicago,

Illinois lApplication May 1o,

This invention relates to improvements in collapsible framed displays constructed of material such as cardboard, and which can shipped for transportation Vby the manufacturer in fully opened or collapsed'form, and which may be thereafter readily and conveniently assembledv that of the central panel,

imprinted sheet to a collapsible disp-lay'cardboard blank, suitably out and scored to provide a central panel Yand integral l side the plane thereof to rform a tive united sheet generally being imprinted,V ographed,v or the like to provide ,an advertising display for the central panel and'a simulated decorative border for the frameside pieces. As

from the foregoing; and yinV accordance' with the presentin'vention,V production :of standard framed display'holders adapted for use .with interchangeable is permitted with resultant enhancedeconomy to Vboth the manufacturer anduser. Thus, for exdisplays o fstandard ample, collapsible frameddecorative framing or border panels maybe provided and carried in stock by the manufacturer and suitable or .interchangeable illustrative central display panels separately provided, as required, for insertion in a, standard or stock form of collapsible framed holder. s,

`It isa further object o f .my invention to pro'- vide a truly and fully collapsible display of Ythe class heretofore does ,not require any preassembly by the manufacturer, but

lapsed condition and which may thereafter readily and conveniently be set up by the user withoutv the necessity for previous or subsequent gluing. stapling or requirement for the employment of assembly aids, such as cords, elastic bands, or the like. f

In general display composed of cardboard kor like foldable material pre-cut and scored to provide a central panel of polygonal shape, such triangle, the central panel having side pieces sepieces foldable 'from central illustrative panels Ill., assignor to Arveyl ,l o Ill., acorporation of 1944, Seraing. 534,963 f be packed and e 2 Claims. (Cl. 40--155) j cured to the edges thereof and foldable from the plane of the central panel, to form a hollow angularforwardly projecting frame for said central panel, and in partially overlying relationship therewith to provide edgewise .embracing engagement for a separate central panel adapted .tobe

youtermost side panels rearwardly folded' tic bands and for either Y Fig. 2 isasection on my invention comprises a'collapsible as, a rectangle or.

superimposed over the central panel and substantially equal area therewith.

The invention is further characterized by the employment of complementary interlocking tab means extending from the end portions of the for maintaining them in position parallelV to the plane of thel centralpanel and interlocked relationship with each other, together with supplementary interlocking' means provided on certain of the intermediate side panels whereby to vfixedly maintain the panels inthe form of a forwardly projecting' frame and to form a positioning pocket or seat for the'separate illustrative panel and to hold it in pressed engagement against the mainV central panel,A which may be blank'or may have originally contained another illustration. By'the employment'of two sets of locking means, necessity'for adhesively uniting or stapling any of the side panel portions tral panel; or the employment of cords, or elasv partialy or. full assembly 'is eliminated, and yet at the'same timea separable illustrative central panel' is provided withA a rigid forwardly projecting frame firmlyL locked embracing engagement when.the display is in assembled and set up position.

Other objects of my invention relate to details of construction and arrangement of parts and the advantages'thereof which will be apparent Yo1? a consideration of the following specification `and drawings wherein:v

` Fig. 1 is a face view cardboard display, with parts broken away,l lustrating my invention. y f

Y the line 2-2 of Fig. lz *Y Fig. 3is asection on the line 3`3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4' is arelativelyV large fragmentary detail in perspectve illustrating one corner of the collapsible display of Fig. 1 viewed from the rear thereof.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a blank development `of the framing ,the collapsible display of Fig. lviewed from the face thereof and in partially set-up position.

Referring tothe drawings, my

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ally indicated as I3. Each of the side pieces I3 is further scored to provide it with spaced lines of fold I 4, I5, and I 6 dividing it into an outermost side panel I7,. an innermost side panel I8 contiguous with the central panel I2, and the pair of intermediate side panels the outermost side panels I'I 1s provided with a panel in linked frictional engagement with each other when the panels II are folded in a rearward return bent direction, and `to thereby hold the panels I1 inter locked in a plane substantially parallel to the plane ci central panel I2.

One pair of intermediate side panels I 9 are formed V.with angularly cut end portions 23 and provided thereat with endwise projecting tongues or tabs 24. The opposed pair of intermediate panels I9 are provided with slots 25 inwardly of their rectangular ends, the slots v25 being formed on an angular line equal to the angularity of the ends 23 of the other pair of opposed panels Thus when the pa'nels are folded form Wardlyiwith respect to the face of the panel I 2 on the score lines and the panels il are folded the tabs or provided with the ends 23 brought into abutment against the adjacent projecting vends of the second pair of opposed panels I9.

In` setting up my display,

central panel I the four panels I8 bent forwardly on their score. lines It. Each of the panels I3 is preferably of trapezoidal form, that is., their end portions are ang-ularly cut as at 27, so that when folded over and intoembracing engage-ment with ythe picture panel 25, the ends of the adjacent panels uI8 will be in substantially 'meeting engagement, with the four panels I8 lying substantially in the Vsame plane and substantially parallel to panels I2 and 26.

25, by rearwardly folding panels I 9 on their vscore line I 4l and inserting the tongues 2,4 within the slots 25 and bringing them into firm frictional engagement with the panels I9 elevated to form an angularly inclined beveled frame for the embraced pcturepanel 25.

edge of the panel Il' The side pieces are thereafter further rearwardly folded on the score lines I5 and IE so as to bring the outermost side panels I1 into a position substantially parallel to the plane of the central panel I2 and the superimposed panel 26, with the panels 20 extending perpendicular to the plane of panel I2. In this position the hook-tabs 2l of adjacent panels I'VareV overlapped in linked interlocked engagement with each other and to maintaining the panels I9 and 20 1n the form of a xed hollow frame projecting forwardly of the faces of panels I2 and 26, and with the aid of the interlocked tongues 24 and 25 to hold the superimposed picture panel 26 embraced between the four side panels I8 and the central panel I2.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a collapsible display formed of a single sheet of foldable material to receive a picture sheet, a rectangular blank of cardboard having cut-away corners and score lines extending parallel to each of inclined` outwardly from said rst section, a third section `extending rearwardly to terminate adjacent the plane of said central panel, and a .fourth section extending inwardly for engagesaid fourth sections for locking said fourth sections together against the back side of said centrai panel.V y A EARL M. ROACH. 

